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How to customize your voice assistant with the voice of your choice

opensource.com - Tue, 01/05/2021 - 16:02

It can be hard to find meaningful gifts for relatives that already have almost everything. My wife and I have given our parents "experiences" to try something novel, such as going to a themed restaurant or seeing a concert, but as our parents get older, it becomes more difficult. This year was no exception—until I thought about a way open source could give them something really special.


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4 lines of code to improve your Ansible play

opensource.com - Tue, 01/05/2021 - 16:01

Out in the blogosphere, which sings the virtues of infrastructure-as-code, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, code reviews, and testing regimes, it is easy to forget that such a well-engineered ivory tower is an ideal, not a reality. Imperfect systems haunt us, but we must ship something.

There are few towers less ivory than those created by gluing together APIs in the course of system automation. It is a brittle world. The pressures are enormous to get it "working," get it shipped, and move on.


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My Linux Story: How an influential security developer got started in open source

opensource.com - Tue, 01/05/2021 - 16:00

Michael Boelen is very active in computer security. He is the author of the popular open source security tools Rootkit Hunter (rkhunter) and Lynis, and he blogs about Linux security on Linux Audit and evaluates security tools on Linux Security Expert.


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Managing KVM Virtual Machines with Cockpit Web Console in Linux

Tecmint - Tue, 01/05/2021 - 13:35

Cockpit is a free and open-source front-end tool that provides administrative access to Linux systems. It allows system administrators to monitor, manage, and troubleshoot Linux servers. It provides an intuitive web interface that easy

The post Managing KVM Virtual Machines with Cockpit Web Console in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

PicoXcell Support Finally Slated For Removal From The Linux Kernel

Phoronix - Tue, 01/05/2021 - 13:35
PicoXcell, the ARM SoCs from PicoChip more than a decade ago before being bought out by MindSpeed and then Intel, are set to finally see their Linux support removed this year...

Fedora 34 Planning To Offer LXQt 0.16 Desktop Packages

Phoronix - Tue, 01/05/2021 - 13:03
Keeping up with Fedora's tradition of offering the very latest open-source software packages, the straight-forward proposal was made this week to update its lightweight LXQt desktop packages against the new LXQt 0.16...

Customer Success Stories: How Red Hat OpenShift can work for your public or private sector environment

Red Hat News - Tue, 01/05/2021 - 13:00

Porsche Informatik recently deployed Red Hat OpenShift to speed application development and delivery and stay competitive in a fast-paced global market. This month, we’re highlighting not just this automotive industry success story, but also customers in the public sector and banking industry that have gained efficiencies by deploying Red Hat OpenShift and adopted a more agile, collaborative DevOps approach along the way. 

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